Chapter 13: Danny Phantom and the Justice League – Part 2
"Danny, I assure you my cousin would never do such a thing." Superman defended Supergirl.
"I know, Superman." Danny replied while looking at Supergirl's eyes. "I recognize the sign she's being overshadowed."
"What?" Superman asked in confusion.
"That's the word people of Amity Park use to refer to a person who's being possessed by a ghost." Batman explained.
"Yes, I recognize the sign." Jack agreed with his son. "Her eyeballs are glowing red."
"Like the eyes of Amity Park's then Mayor Ernesto Montez when Danny Phantom was accused of attacking him?" Batman asked.
"Yes." Jack begrudgingly answered.
"How can we save my cousin and that other girl?" Superman asked.
"I presume you heard of the deflector belts Jack just told Batman about." Maddie said. "Even if wearing one might give you an advantage against a ghost-possessed Supergirl and protect you from being overshadowed, there's something else that can be used to free her from the ghost."
Some minutes later, Danny, Superman and Batman were teleported to Gotham City to handle the super emergency. "Looking for me, fruitloop?" Danny teasingly asked, distracting the villain.
"Daniel, don't tell me you were reckless enough to come alone." Vlad teased back.
"Fine, I won't." Danny maliciously replied and Vlad had no time to react before Superman tackled 'Supergirl's' body. Because Superman was wearing a deflector belt, Vlad felt so much pain that, when Danny zoomed in to force him out of Supergirl's body. "Now, Superman!" Danny exclaimed and the Man of Steel took his cousin away faster than a speeding bullet.
"As you can see, fruitloop, I didn't come alone." Danny stated with a frown and readied himself to blast Vlad.
"Neither did I, little badger." Vlad replied with a smile.
"What?" Danny asked in confusion and saw a yellow light ball closing on him. Looking around, he saw somebody with a yellow version of Green Lantern's power ring. "Yellow Lantern?" He asked.
"My name is Sinestro." 'Yellow Lantern' introduced himself. "There's no need to call me 'Yellow Lantern' since there's no Yellow Lantern Corps. Yet."
"And you'd better not resist unless you don't care about this civilian's fate." Vlad said and then noticed Barbara was no longer there. Instead, he saw Supergirl wearing another deflector belt. "Looking for somebody?" Supergirl teasingly asked and grabbed Vlad, shocking him.
A green beam then hit the Girl of Steel. Looking around, everyone saw somebody flying with a green power armor. "Did Iron Man become green with evil?" Danny asked in confusion.
"That's Lex Luthor!" Supergirl replied. "At least I think it is. There's a layer of lead preventing me from confirming it."
"Whoever that is, he'll pay." Danny said and turned himself intangible, hoping it'd enable him to escape Sinestro's construct. "Ouch." It didn't.
"Don't waste your time trying, little badger." Vlad said while Supergirl was busy fighting the armored villain. "There's no escaping from this, believe me." He then frowned. "I know."
Vlad was then grabbed by Superman, whose deflector belt caused Vlad pain. "I'm usually too nice to do this but you crossed a line by possessing my cousin's body!" Superman declared. "Are you ready, Batman?"
Without saying a word, Batman used a Fenton Thermos from the rooftop he was standing on to pull Vlad in.
"Sinestro, release Danny Phantom or you'll be the next." Superman demanded.
"Make me." Sinestro replied and then noticed the sun getting red. "And it seems it'll be harder than expected."
With the sun becoming red instead of the usual yellow, Kryptonians like Superman and Supergirl no longer had fuel for their superpowers. Supergirl started landing while dodging kryptonite blasts. Her attacker was interrupted by the sudden appearance of Batgirl, who covered his face with her cape.
"What's the matter?" Sinestro teasingly asked. "Struggling to defeat powerless humans?"
Batman then used a grappling hook to swing towards Sinestro, hitting the villains face with his feet. "You shouldn't underestimate us, Sinestro." With Sinestro's concentration broken, Danny was free to help the other heroes. Using the same method he used to help Alex and her friends against Tim Scam, Danny neutralized the blasters at the villain's armor. "Do you surrender?" Danny asked, not wanting to go full force on a villain he believed to be human.
Since the armored villain's jet boots were still working, he decided to fly away. "You won't get away like this!" Danny declared and started flying after the villain until he heard some cops arriving. He wouldn't have minded but he heard one of them saying "Supergirl, you're under arrest for abducting the Commish's daughter."
"Wait!" Danny asked. "It wasn't her fault! A ghost named Vlad Plasmius possessed her and was behind this along with the Legion of Doom."
"Tell that to the Commish, you ghost punk." Detective Bullock replied.
"It's true, Sir." Superman pleaded.
"Let her go." Batman demanded.
"The Commish might listen to you but I won't release her until then." Bullock declared.
"I'll pick up Plasmius." Batman said. Before appearing to rescue Danny from Sinestro, the Caped Crusader left the Fenton Thermos with Vlad on the rooftop. Unfortunately, when he returned to the rooftop, the thermos was no longer there because Scarecrow and the Riddler were watching from a floating module and picked it up. All villains regrouped inside their main ship. "Perfect." Luthor said while removing his helmet. He then activated a screen and a blue-skinned individual showed up. "Kryptonians neutralized, Doctor." Luthor said. "Commence the Diablo attack!"
"Yes, Luthor." The blue-skinned character replied. "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"
Later on, at a police station, the heroes were still trying to convince the cops to release Supergirl. "After what she did to my daughter?" Commissioner Gordon furiously asked. "Never! And speaking of Barbara, where is my daughter?"
"I'm here, Dad." Barbara answered as she showed up. "Please, release Supergirl." She asked. "She was under control of a ghost calling himself 'Plasmius'."
'I misjudged her.' Supergirl thought. 'She could've played along or at least stayed quiet but still defends me. I guess she and Danny do match.'
"Nonsense, Commish." Bullock replied. "If that's possible, I'd like to see this one doing it to me." The skeptic detective said while pointing at Danny.
"Does anybody here have a camera?" Danny asked with a smile. "Now that someone authorized me, I want it registered."
"We already have a working camera, Phantom." Commissioner Gordon said.
"In that case." Danny said and then overshadowed Detective Bullock. "Hi, I'm Detective Bullock." 'Bullock' said while starting a silly dance. "I'm a fat slob who became a cop for the donut privileges." Several characters laughed at that.
"He knows you very well, Detective Bullock." Barbara commented.
"I don't think he's aware of what you just said, citizen." Danny replied and left Bullock's body. "What happened?" The donut-loving Detective asked.
"Danny Phantom convinced me." Commissioner Gordon answered.
"How?" Bullock asked.
Before anyone had a chance to answer, another cop showed up. "Sir, the town is being attacked by an army of robots." The cop said.
"What?" The Commissioner asked and went to a window to see it for himself. Danny went with him. "I'm going after them." Danny said and flew away.
"What about you two?" The cop asked with a frown.
"Without yellow sunlight, Superman and Supergirl cannot fuel their powers, officer." Commissioner Gordon answered.
"Sorry." The officer said.
"You didn't know, officer." Superman politely replied, showing he forgave the cop.
"You know; those robots look like big versions of Bueno Nacho's Lil' Diablos." The cop commented, making Batman realize something.
"Of course!" The Dark Knight exclaimed. "Recently, the Bueno Nacho Company was bought out by DTL Investments in a joint-venture with LexCorp. I might have started investigating it because of Luthor's involvement but I should've remembered. DTL are the initials of Drew Theodore Lipsky, also known as Dr. Drakken."
"Isn't he one of the villains Kim Possible regularly defeats?" Barbara asked.
"Precisely." Batman answered.
"No wonder their so-called food tastes so bad." Barbara muttered.
Meanwhile, Danny figured out how to deactivate the robots one by one and was careful enough to lower them instead of simply dropping them since their return to toy size wasn't quick enough. He then received a call through his Fenton Phones. "Phantom, this is Batman. I have reason to believe those robots came from Bueno Nacho. I'm going there to look for clues."
"Okay." Danny replied.
As Batman readied himself to go, Superman stopped him. "Batman, I want to go with you."
"You're not exactly used to having no superpowers, are you?" Batman replied, not believing Superman could be of any help. "But first, I'll contact the rest of the League. If those robots came from Bueno Nacho, we must presume every other town with at least one of their restaurants is being attacked as well."
Meanwhile, since Danny didn't feel much progress with stopping the robots, he decided to directly fly towards the Bueno Nacho place he knew of in Gotham City. Unfortunately, as he's about to enter, a yellow barrier was erected. "Missed me, Phantom?" Sinestro teasingly asked.
"I have no time for this, Sinestro." Danny replied with a frown. "Get out of my way before I force you."
"And how do you expect to do it?" Sinestro asked.
"This way." Danny answered and released his Ghostly Wail. It not only destroyed Sinestro's construct but also threw him at a control panel, which was also destroyed. The robots quickly returned to toy size and fell. Two rings formed around Danny and he almost returned to human form but he managed to prevent it. He didn't know if Vlad revealed his secret to the Legion or not but he didn't want to take risks.
Danny then received another call via Fenton Phones. "Phantom, the robots stopped." Batman said. "What happened?"
"I've destroyed Bueno Nacho and the barrier Sinestro placed on it with my Ghostly Wail, Batman." Danny answered.
"You could have escaped Sinestro's energy sphere on your own?" Batman asked in surprise.
"The Ghostly Wail is so destructive and exhausting it mustn't be used unless there's no alternative." Danny explained.
Meanwhile, in New York, Iron Man was receiving a call while helping his fellow Avengers to fight the robots. "Thank you for calling." The Golden Avenger quickly flew towards the closes Bueno Nacho restaurant and blasted the tower with its sign.
"Tony!" Captain America exclaimed. "What do you think you're doing?"
"Stopping the robots, Cap." Iron Man answered.
Looking around, Captain America noticed some robots falling down while shrinking down to toy size. "What happened?"
"The Justice League called." Iron Man explained. "Those robots came from Bueno Nacho and the restaurants have antennas that control them. As we speak, the Flash is running through the country to dismantle them."
Meanwhile, in Metroville, the Incredibles were fighting the Lil' Diablos when Mr. Incredible received a call. "Mr. Incredible, we received intelligence from the Justice League that the robots are being remote-controlled by antennas from Bueno Nacho restaurants." Agent Rick Dicker said. "They must be destroyed."
Meanwhile, in Jump City, the Teen Titans had just defeated the robots. "Good work taking that tower down, Starfire." Robin complimented the alien Princess.
"That pole of evil never had the chance." Starfire proudly commented, oblivious to how her friends felt about her mangling of the English Language.
Meanwhile, in outer space, the Doom Ship kept protecting the satellites that prevented yellow sunlight from reaching Earth. "Nothing the Justice League does can stop us." Luthor declared.
"What about Avenger?" Solomon Grundy asked while pointing at the Mighty Thor onscreen.
"Plasmius, stop him!" Luthor demanded.
"Whatever." The fruitloop begrudgingly said and phased himself out of the ship to face Thor. 'I'll make Luthor pay for thinking he can tell me what to do.' Vlad thought once realizing Thor wasn't wearing a deflector belt. 'Possessing Thor will probably make me even more powerful than possessing Superman would. The Norse oaf isn't vulnerable to kryptonite after all.'
Unfortunately, for Vlad, Thor's Mjolnir started producing the lightning Thor wanted and it electrocuted the fruitloop. "Begone, evil spirit, or thou shalt feel the might of Thor." The Thunder God demanded.
"If that wasn't your might, I'd rather leave." Vlad replied and abandoned the Legion of Doom.
"Wise decision." Thor commented and then used lightning to destroy the satellites, restoring yellow sunlight.
The Legion of Doom avoided capture by turning their ship invisible.
End chapter.
Answer to Leonardo (guest): Obrigado. Na verdade, Vlad apenas quis usar os poderes dela. Seria interessante. Talvez eu faça o Vlad tirar sarro quando Jack e Maddie descobrirem a verdade sobre ele e Danny.